IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/vrs/eurcou/v9y2017i2p359-374n9.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Regional Ambassadors – An Innovative Element for the Development of Rural Areas?

Author

Listed:
  • Harfst Jörn

    (Department of Geography and Regional Sciences, University of Graz, Heinrichstraße 36, A-8010 Graz, Austria)

  • Pichler Patrick

    (Department of Geography and Regional Sciences, University of Graz, Heinrichstraße 36, A-8010 Graz, Austria)

  • Fischer Wolfgang

    (Department of Geography and Regional Sciences, University of Graz, Heinrichstraße 36, A-8010 Graz, Austria)

Abstract

Rural regions in Austria have been under increasing pressure for change in the last decades. On a regional level, varying development patterns of shrinkage and growth arise alongside economic, demographic and social parameters. In this paper, regional ambassador concepts will be explicated as a new instrument of regional development. Additionally, potential positive impacts of these approaches on the problems faced by rural, structurally weak regions will be highlighted. Notable advantages of these approaches are network and feedback effects between stakeholders. These, in turn, are capable of improving the economic and social situation in those regions. However, these measures require a high degree of control capacities which structurally weak areas often lack.

Suggested Citation

  • Harfst Jörn & Pichler Patrick & Fischer Wolfgang, 2017. "Regional Ambassadors – An Innovative Element for the Development of Rural Areas?," European Countryside, Sciendo, vol. 9(2), pages 359-374, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:eurcou:v:9:y:2017:i:2:p:359-374:n:9
    DOI: 10.1515/euco-2017-0022
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/euco-2017-0022
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1515/euco-2017-0022?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. George A. Erickcek & Hannah McKinney, 2004. "Small Cities Blues: Looking for Growth Factors in Small and Medium-Sized Cities," Upjohn Working Papers 04-100, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Clerici Maria Antonietta, 2020. "Unity in Variety. Employment Dynamics and Specialisation Profiles of Medium-Sized Towns in the Asti-Rovigo Area, Italy (2001–2017)," Quaestiones Geographicae, Sciendo, vol. 39(4), pages 5-22, December.
    2. Laura A. Reese & Minting Ye, 2011. "Policy Versus Place Luck: Achieving Local Economic Prosperity," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 25(3), pages 221-236, August.
    3. Diego Barrado-Timón & Antonio Palacios & Carmen Hidalgo-Giralt, 2020. "Medium and Small Cities, Culture and the Economy of Culture. A Review of the Approach to the Case of Spain in Light of International Scientific Scholarship," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(18), pages 1-28, September.
    4. John Cullinan & Eoghan Garvey & Micheal Keane, 2013. "Investigating the Determinants of Relative Economic Performance for Irish Towns: A Finite Mixture Modelling Approach," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(8), pages 1332-1347, September.
    5. Ravi Pendakur & Nathan Young, 2013. "Putting on the moves," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 29(28), pages 767-796.
    6. Elizabeth Mack & Tony H. Grubesic & Erin Kessler, 2007. "Indices of Industrial Diversity and Regional Economic Composition," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 38(3), pages 474-509, September.
    7. David Bell & Mark Jayne, 2009. "Small Cities? Towards a Research Agenda," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(3), pages 683-699, September.
    8. Laura REESE, 2012. "CREATIVE CLASS OR PROCREATIVE CLASS: IMPLICATIONS FOR LOCAL ECONoMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY," Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 7(1), pages 5-26, February.
    9. Jörn Harfst & Jasmin Sandriester & Wolfgang Fischer, 2021. "Industrial Heritage Tourism as a Driver of Sustainable Development? A Case Study of Steirische Eisenstrasse (Austria)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(7), pages 1-16, March.
    10. Markusen, Ann, 2007. "A Consumption Base Theory of Development: An Application to the Rural Cultural Economy," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 36(1), pages 1-15, April.
    11. Harold (Hal) Wolman & Eric Stokan & Howard Wial, 2015. "Manufacturing Job Loss in U.S. Deindustrialized Regions—Its Consequences and Implications for the Future," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 29(2), pages 102-112, May.
    12. Yolanda Kodrzycki & Ana Patricia Munoz, 2013. "Economic distress and resurgence in U.S. central cities: concepts, causes, and policy levers," Public Policy Discussion Paper 13-3, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
    13. Tarsha EASON & Ahjond S. GARMESTANI, 2012. "Cross-Scale Dynamics Of A Regional Urban System Through Time," Region et Developpement, Region et Developpement, LEAD, Universite du Sud - Toulon Var, vol. 36, pages 55-77.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:vrs:eurcou:v:9:y:2017:i:2:p:359-374:n:9. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Peter Golla (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.sciendo.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.